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NASCAR - Kansas: Keselowski pits from fourth, convinced he has a tyre problem.
NASCAR - Kansas: Johnson catches and passes Keselowski for second, and Earnhardt isn't far behind.
Points leader Kenseth is creeping forwards too, taking sixth from Menard.
Points leader Kenseth is creeping forwards too, taking sixth from Menard.
NASCAR - Kansas: Johnson slips past the battling Earnhardt and Menard in one move to take third.
Harvick and Keselowski are spreading out up front.
The Buschs are flying forward from the back. Kurt is now 18th, Kyle 27th.
OK, Kurt is flying, Kyle is ambling slightly grumpily, his Toyota having not enjoyed its first-lap trip over the grass.
Harvick and Keselowski are spreading out up front.
The Buschs are flying forward from the back. Kurt is now 18th, Kyle 27th.
OK, Kurt is flying, Kyle is ambling slightly grumpily, his Toyota having not enjoyed its first-lap trip over the grass.
IndyCar - Houston: Castroneves rejoins, 28 laps down.
IndyCar - Houston: Penske is preparing to get Castroneves back out onto the track again in the hope of salvaging some points. Why does this remind us of the scramble to get Power's damaged car back out at Fontana last year?
IndyCar - Houston: If you thought that Dixon would be content to let Power go and just score a swag of points, think again: he's all over the back of the Penske car.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Back to green on lap 10. Harvick and Keselowski stay up front, as Menard makes a great getaway to vault to third.
Now he's working on Keselowski as Harvick escapes.
Now he's working on Keselowski as Harvick escapes.
IndyCar - Houston: Heck of a move from Bourdais, who dives down the inside of Wilson, and braked so late that he ends up passing Jakes as well. He moves from seventh to fifth in one go.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart. Power much closer to Dixon this time around ... and passes him for the lead in Turn 3.
NASCAR - Kansas: Up front, Harvick held the lead over Keselowski, Stenhouse, Earnhardt and Johnson.
Still under yellow, Patrick's car dropped a fair amount of fluid.
Still under yellow, Patrick's car dropped a fair amount of fluid.
IndyCar - Houston: The current top five under yellows is Dixon, Power, Saavedra, Jakes and Hinchcliffe. Saavedra and Jakes are off-strategy.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Yellows again, this time for Kanaan. The Ganassi-bound Brazilian has hit the wall at Turn 10 and trashed his front-right suspension.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Looks like Patrick lost it by herself, tagged David Reutimann on her way to the wall and sent him into Cole Whitt, and then Kyle Busch spun sideways by himself while trying to dodge it all.
Patrick couldn't get her really quite mangled car back to the pits so she's walking away.
Patrick couldn't get her really quite mangled car back to the pits so she's walking away.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart ... and Hunter-Reay immediately pulls off the racing line with a suspected gearbox problem.
Crash
NASCAR - Kansas: Green then yellow for a multi-car crash at the very first corner.
Looks like Danica Patrick's car bore the brunt of that.
Looks like Danica Patrick's car bore the brunt of that.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Filippi's superb start to the race ends with a less superb trip into the tyre barriers. Everyone pits, and we have Dixon and Power racing each other out of the pit exit. Dixon keeps his advantage.
Kevin Harvick
NASCAR - Kansas: As the cars get rolling for the parade laps, here is the leading starting order:
1 Kevin Harvick; 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 3 Jimmie Johnson; 4 Joey Logano; 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr; 6 Matt Kenseth; 7 Paul Menard; 8 Carl Edwards; 9 Denny Hamlin; 10 Brian Vickers.
And here are the Chase standings after three of 10 shootout rounds:
1 Matt Kenseth 2149
2 Jimmie Johnson 2141
3 Kyle Busch 2137
4 Kevin Harvick 2110
5 Jeff Gordon 2110
6 Greg Biffle 2108
7 Ryan Newman 2101
8 Clint Bowyer 2098
9 Kurt Busch 2094
10 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2092
11 Carl Edwards 2084
12 Joey Logano 2083
13 Kasey Kahne 2071
IndyCar - Houston: At the front, the race looks a bit like yesterday's. Dixon has extended his advantage over Power to 1.9s, and third-placed Pagenaud is about 6.0s further back now.
As I type that, the Frenchman loses his position to Ryan Hunter-Reay.
As I type that, the Frenchman loses his position to Ryan Hunter-Reay.
NASCAR - Kansas: Temperature check: 14 degrees celsius right now. Brrr.
NASCAR - Kansas: We're expecting this to be a wild one.
The tyre/surface/temperature combination has proved pretty challenging so far, as suggested by five-time champion Jimmie Johnson spinning just a couple of minutes into opening practice on Friday.
Both Busch brothers crashed in Saturday practice and have to switch to back-up cars for the race, dropping them to the back.
The tyre/surface/temperature combination has proved pretty challenging so far, as suggested by five-time champion Jimmie Johnson spinning just a couple of minutes into opening practice on Friday.
Both Busch brothers crashed in Saturday practice and have to switch to back-up cars for the race, dropping them to the back.
IndyCar - Houston: Dixon has opened a gap of 0.9s over Power, who in turn has Pagenaud about 1.0s behind him.
Deeper in the field, Filippi is doing a great job in the BHA car and has climbed from the rear of the grid up to 12th.
Deeper in the field, Filippi is doing a great job in the BHA car and has climbed from the rear of the grid up to 12th.
NASCAR - Kansas: Note to Kaylee, when the anthem was composed, no one thought "this last 'free' needs to be a very, very high note held for about half an hour, ideally slightly off-key".
Can we quickly fire up some racing car engines now?
Can we quickly fire up some racing car engines now?
NASCAR - Kansas: Someone called something like Kaylee is currently being fairly cruel to the American national anthem while wearing a big scarf. At least she's practical, it is pretty cold.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart. Castroneves' problem has been identified as a broken gearbox housing. That's the end of his afternoon, and another massive blow to his title hopes.
Crash
Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch collide
NASCAR - Kansas: Matt Kenseth won yesterday's Nationwide race, but no one really noticed because a massive row between Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski erupted.
Keselowski ended up in the wall following contact between the two Cup stars, and afterwards declared "it's war" between them.
So keep an eye out for that in today's Cup race...
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Castoneves' car stops at Turn 6, and we're under a full-course yellow. What a horrible weekend this has been for the Brazilian.
IndyCar - Houston: Castroneves is done! Oil is pouring from the back of his car, and the whole rear area of his car appears loose. Dixon swoops past and into the lead.
IndyCar - Houston: Power is flying. Having started from eighth, he is now up to P3 and right behind Dixon.
IndyCar - Houston: Drive through penalty for de Silvestro.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart. Dixon is reporting that oil is coming from Castroneves' car.
IndyCar - Houston: The more replays we see, the more it looks like de Silvestro was at fault there. Rahal was trying to go up the inside of Vautier, and they'd left each other enough room. The problem started when de Silvestro launched over the kerb to try to pass both of them at once.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Simona de Silvestro, Graham Rahal and Tristan Vautier tried to go three-wide through Turn 8. It didn't work. Rahal's race is clearly over, and Vautier also appears to have damage but he has been able to continue on. He's been in the wars this weekend, but there wasn't much he could have done about that one.
Meanwhile, Marco Andretti has a drive-through penalty for jumping the start.
Meanwhile, Marco Andretti has a drive-through penalty for jumping the start.
IndyCar - Houston: Everyone has made it through the first few corners cleanly, and Castroneves has retained his lead.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: We're away.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Start abandoned. Dario Franchitti failed to get away from his grid spot, and more amusingly, Takuma Sato didn't even get into his - he pulled into a spot on the wrong side of the track, then realised his mistake and tried too late to change to the correct pit box, only to end up at a weird angle across the row of cars behind him. Just to complete the hilarity, he then stalled.
NASCAR - Kansas: In about half an hour's time we'll hear how this week's NASCAR anthem singer can rival Clay's efforts, with round four of the 2013 Sprint Cup Chase not far away.
IndyCar - Houston: We've just heard a very mellow, country-twanged version of the Star Spangled Banner by some guy named Clay, and the race start is not far away.
There are still a couple of damp spots on the track, but the sun is shining and the weather is expected to remain clear for the rest of the day.
There are still a couple of damp spots on the track, but the sun is shining and the weather is expected to remain clear for the rest of the day.
Narain Karthikeyan
Auto GP - Brno: Following the confirmation that second on-the-road finisher Narain Karthikeyan has been disqualified from this afternoon's Auto GP season finale, the Indian slips behind Sergio Campana to fourth in the drivers' championship.
The revised final standings are as follows: 1 Ghirelli, 222; 2 Sato, 213; 3 Campana, 197; 4 Karthikeyan, 195; 5 Kiss, 99; 6 Giovesi, 91.
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Auto GP - Brno: "After the third round of the championship in Hungary, I knew we would have a chance to fight for the title," said Ghirelli. "I scored two wins, but I have taken 11 podiums in total, so it has been a really good season.
"I knew I had good pace today, and coming from seventh to third I made some good passes along the way. I knew a top-five would be good enough for the title, so it's a fantastic result."
"I knew I had good pace today, and coming from seventh to third I made some good passes along the way. I knew a top-five would be good enough for the title, so it's a fantastic result."
Auto GP - Brno: Newly crowned Auto GP champion Vittorio Ghirelli has, in part, put his title success down to consistency. The Italian scored two wins in 2013, compared to five apiece for team-mate Karthikeyan and the third title rival at Brno this afternoon Kimiya Sato.
By: Scott Mitchell, Sam Tremayne, David Evans, Matt Beer, Peter Mills, Jamie O'Leary, Mark Glendenning, Dan Cross, Pablo Elizalde
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